Table 5 Bivariate Analysis of stunting, underweight, and wasting with the predictors

Region

43.089

< 0.001

13.252

0.066

8.615

0.281

Residence

16.551

< 0.001

2.873

0.090

1.026

0.311

Mother education level

7.392

0.025

0.319

0.852

2.065

0.356

Source of drinking water

0.448

0.503

0.378

0.539

2.095

0.088

Religion

1.448

0.229

4.709

0.030

1.149

0.284

Ethnicity

13.815

0.182

7.315

0.695

5.364

0.066

Number of household members

9.799

0.007

4.633

0.099

1.847

0.397

Sex of household head

2.222

0.136

0.061

0.806

0.001

0.999

Husband education level

11.576

0.003

8.577

0.014

2.583

0.275

Breastfeeding

0.725

0.395

0.010

0.921

0.556

0.456

Wealth index

38.104

< 0.001

11.431

0.022

6.545

0.162

Body mass index of mother

20.604

< 0.001

40.860

< 0.001

12.497

0.002

Sex of children

1.050

0.305

0.076

0.782

3.988

0.046

Age of children

31.866

< 0.001

30.670

< 0.001

11.746

0.019

Diarrhea

8.225

0.004

7.467

0.006

1.445

0.229

Fever

0.433

0.511

4.028

0.045

2.534

0.111

Cough

0.255

0.614

0.046

0.830

0.117

0.732

Size of children at birth

31.878

< 0.001

114.296

< 0.001

41.716

< 0.001

Birth type of children

35.401

< 0.001

22.566

< 0.001

0.674

0.412

Birth order of children

17.314

0.003

1.740

0.628

1.009

0.799

Number of under-five children in the household

11.943

0.003

10.336

0.006

2.577

0.276

Mother anemia level

4.600

0.032

9.354

0.002

5.556

0.018

Children anemia level

41.316

< 0.001

27.283

< 0.001

0.096

0.757